Smoking out (South Bend Tribune)
Businesses prepare for ban to go into effect Monday. With one more day before the countywide smoking ban goes into effect, local businesses are bracing for the impact and attempting to make plans for the future.
Source: www.southbendtribune.com
Studies Explore The Many Complex Linkages Between Smoking And Cancer (Science Daily)
Researchers are delving deeper into the links between smoking and cancer, teasing out the genes and molecules involved as well as other factors that affect cancer risk. They have found, for example, a specific protein that decreases with smoking cessation. Genetic factors are also being implicated in the lung cancers of people who have never smoked. New studies are revealing an association
Source: www.sciencedaily.com
Reducing Your Risk of Stroke (ThirdAge)
You may be able to reduce your risk of stroke by making changes to modifiable risk factors. Extensive research has established smoking as a risk factor for stroke and heart attack.
Source: www.thirdage.com
'Kick Butts Day' Helps Teens Quit Smoking (KFOX 14 El Paso)
The national Kick Butts campaign is aimed at shedding light on smoking — the No. 1 preventable cause of death in the United States.
Source: www.kfoxtv.com
Studies Explore The Many Complex Linkages Between Smoking And Cancer (Science Daily)
Researchers are delving deeper into the links between smoking and cancer, teasing out the genes and molecules involved as well as other factors that affect cancer risk. They have found, for example, a specific protein that decreases with smoking cessation. Genetic factors are also being implicated in the lung cancers of people who have never smoked. New studies are revealing an association
Source: www.sciencedaily.com
Judge orders Frankie's bar to ban smoking (The Olympian)
OLYMPIA A judge today ordered Frank Schnarrs, owner of Frankie s Sports Bar & Grill, to comply with the state s indoor smoking ban or risk fines that start at $100 a day.
Source: www.theolympian.com
The clouds have parted (Sun-Sentinel)
Our group has graduated from their Freedom From Smoking program (well, some of them). How are they coping?
Source: www.sun-sentinel.com
Tobacco firms beat ban with 'smoking shelters' (Daily Mail)
Tobacco companies are planning to evade next year's smoking ban by giving thousands of pounds to pubs to spend on their outside spaces - so customers can continue to enjoy a cigarette with their drink. Do you think this undermines the ban? Tell us here
Source: feeds.feedburner.com
No smoking, please (Jakarta Post)
Finally, the 2005 Jakarta gubernatorial decree banning smoking in public places has been implemented, after a two-month delay. The decree, an auxiliary regulation to the 2005 bylaw on air pollution control, is expected to end any arguments about people's right to breathe clean air.
Source: www.thejakartapost.com
